An Invited Commentary on "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)": Emergency or new reality?

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¹ Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC School of Medicine, 4008 Burnett Womack Building, CB 7228, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC School of Medicine, 4008 Burnett Womack Building, CB 7228, USA. Electronic address: anthchar@med.unc.edu.

Comment

Laura N Purcell et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr:76:111.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.03.002. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC School of Medicine, 4008 Burnett Womack Building, CB 7228, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC School of Medicine, 4008 Burnett Womack Building, CB 7228, USA. Electronic address: anthchar@med.unc.edu.

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Comment on

World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Sohrabi C, Alsafi Z, O'Neill N, Khan M, Kerwan A, Al-Jabir A, Iosifidis C, Agha R. Sohrabi C, et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Apr;76:71-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.02.034. Epub 2020 Feb 26. Int J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32112977 Free PMC article. Review.

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